57 unnumbered pages chiefly illustrations 24 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Interviews
Exhibition catalogues
Artists' books (books).)
Artists' books
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2015
Notes:
"This artists' book was developed as part of the Years Yet Yesterday gallery exhibition, November 20, 2015 - January 5, 2016 at the Center on Halsted: Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community center"--Page [57]
"This book of 24 works was printed in 2015 ... in an edition of 365"--Back cover flap. Edition is signed and numbered by author
"This series ... was completed on November 5, 2014 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Larry Kramer's speech, 'The Tragedy of Today's Gays, ' and to invite viewers to reflect upon a decade-long sliver of the 30+ ongoing years of the AIDS crisis."--Front cover flap
Cover title
Includes a brief interview reprinted from 2014
AAPGAB copy 39088016275489 is number 109 of an edition of 265 and is signed by the artist
CHMRU copy 39088016271892 is number 119 of an edition of 365 and is signed by the artist
Summary:
"Consists of an abecedary of 24 text-based drawings inspired by playwright and activist Larry Kramer's 2004 call-to-action speech, The tragedy of today's gays. Each drawing is dedicated to a letter in the alphabet, and drawn using three words--rewritten hundreds of times--that appear in the original speech (the complete set contains 24 works because Kramer's speech did not include any words beginning with an X or a Z). The drawings first began in Chicago in 2010 and completed in New York City in 2014. This series was completed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Kramer's speech, with hopes of inviting viewers to reflect upon a decade-long sliver of the 30+ ongoing years of the AIDS crisis"--The Visual AIDS website
